For more than 30 years ...
Company History and Milestones of the ASTECH GmbH
06/2022 |
Market entry of the VLM60 - A 2-dimensional speed and length sensor based on correlation principle and a matrix sensor |
07/2020 |
Relaunch of the LDM42 distance sensor series after a comprehensive re-design LDM42 is now available with new field bus interfaces like Profinet, Ethernet and Ethernet/IP |
08/2019 |
Astech receives the Parts Certificate according to European MID and WELMEC directives for the length meter VLM500-MID. Therewith the sensor can be used in officially verified length measurement machines |
12/2016 |
Presentation of the VLM502 speed and length sensor with separate sensor and evaluation unit |
04/2015 |
CROMLAVIEW® CR500 - First spectral inline color sensor for industrial applications |
07/2014 |
VLM500 - The 3rd completely newly developed generation of speed and length sensors from Astech |
04/2014 |
LDM51A Lumos - a laser distance sensor with the innovative pulse backmixing measuring method |
04/2013 |
CROMLAVIEW® CR50 and CR50FO color sensors - The new entry-level class |
04/2012 |
Laser distance sensor LDS30A - The fastest distance sensor on the market with up to 30,000 measurements per second |
10/2011 |
CR100FO - further development of the CR100 with fixed optics front end |
11/2010 |
Presentation of the VLM320 speed measuring devices - 32-bit technology for the first time |
01/2010 |
Market launch of the newly developed perceptive color sensors CROMLAVIEW® CR100 and CROMLAVIEW® CR200/210 |
07/2009 |
Establishment of the new color sensor division and the start of development of the CROMLAVIEW® color sensor series |
06/2007 |
Presentation of the LDM301A laser distance meter for long distances as the successor model to the LDM300C |
01/2007 |
VLM200 - The 2nd generation of non-contact speed and length measuring devices is used in industry for the first time |
11/2006 |
The success story of the LDM41A and LDM42A laser distance meters begins. |
01/2005 |
Astech moves into new, larger premises in the CTG business center at Schonenfahrerstraße 5 in the center of Rostock |
11/2000 |
Start of the laser distance measurement technology division with the market launch of the LDM300C, which went on to be very successful |
07/1998 |
Launch of the website www.astech.de |
05/1994 |
Market launch and first applications of the VLM200 - The 1st generation of speed and length measuring devices for industry "Made by ASTECH" |
10/1993 |
Presentation of the VLM100 speed and length sensor developed by Astech as a proof-of-concept - first demonstrations, test measurements at customers in the steel and metal industry |
09/1992 |
Foundation of ASTECH Angewandte Sensortechnik GmbH in the Rostock-Warnemünde Technology Center |